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Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I have raised this matter on a number of occasions and the name of the relevant Bill has changed on a couple of occasions. Will the Taoiseach indicate when the assisted decision-making (capacity) Bill will come before the Cabinet, when it will be published and when it will be introduced in the Dáil?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General. (16 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: That is the size of a major company here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General. (16 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I congratulate the Secretary General and his team on the work done in the six months of the Presidency and in the lead up to it. I am fascinated by the report itself. It is the sort of report that should be presented before an EU committee rather than an Irish committee. I was elected by Irish people and I would prefer to have seen much more about what the Department is doing in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General. (16 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I think we should deal with what goes on here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General. (16 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I would prefer for him to come here on a six-monthly basis to deal with Irish matters rather than EU matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General. (16 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I wish to mention a couple of issues. We have spoken about procurement on a number of occasions. How much work has been done by the Department with regard to the definition of an SME within Europe? The figure of 250 employees was mentioned, but here in Ireland we would consider a company with 50 employees as an SME. In the context of EU procurement rules we must follow, has the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General. (16 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I have one more question about Directive 2010/32/EU. That is the sharps directive. When do we expect the regulations or the legislation on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General. (16 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: This was not a criticism of the Department or the policies or the policies that were pursued. We only get the Secretary General in every six months and we like to deal with issues in our own Department and what they are pursuing, rather than on the EU Presidency and our role in that. It may have been a misinterpretation of what I meant. I welcome the fact that the Secretary General will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General. (16 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I do not mind coming in here in August, especially if the Secretary General-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General. (16 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General. (16 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: The question I was asking was, if funding is coming in from the EU which definition is used, ours or the EU definition?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General. (16 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: Could we not fight to regionalise that? The bulk of companies in this country employ fewer than 10 people so they are totally excluded.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General. (16 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I know that the definition is up to 250.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General. (16 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: Will Mr. Murphy comment on the sharps directive?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (17 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: They are taking everyone in Kerry.

Other Questions: Independent Broadcasting Sector (17 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: RTE is probably as commercial as any other television and radio broadcaster in the country so I find it very difficult to understand why the European Commission would look upon RTE as being totally different. I know my own radio station in Kildare, Kfm, covers a huge amount of local and national issues. Perhaps when the next round of licences is published, the Minister might broaden it so...

Council of the European Union (Lithuanian Presidency): Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I invite Deputies to put questions to the Minister of State, Deputy Donohoe.

Council of the European Union (Lithuanian Presidency): Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: I reiterate what other colleagues have said. I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Donohoe, on his appointment and wish him all the best. I know he has the capacity to deal with the onerous task ahead of him. I also wish Deputy Creighton all the best in the future. She did an excellent job during our Presidency and I wish her all the best for the future. I have a question...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: Could we also make a note to the Department about the delay in sending it on to this committee? We should have been allowed to scrutinise this before.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Jul 2013)

Anthony Lawlor: Perhaps we should note that the Competition Authority should be notified.